Tag: Utah

Majestic Views

Tags Deer Valley, mountain views, nature, nature photography, summer, thankful for, thanks, Utah

Zeb and Bri were given a day of paddle boarding as a wedding gift, and they invited us. The day will forever be a treasure in my mind. I had never done that before, and sharing the experience with my kids was most amazing.

Tags Family, New experiences, Paddle boarding, Sunset, thankful for, thanks, Utah

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A Shot of Happiness

This past year I got a lovely gift. It was a shot glass from Deer Valley, and it was made of my favorite colors — my wedding colors 🙂 Red and black. It meant a lot to me that my tight-wad family members knew this was a treat for me. I have a tradition which […]

Tags Berkshires, Deer Valley, Jiminy Peak, Massachusetts, shot glasses, thankful, thankful for, Utah

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Living With an Artistic Husband

Post author By Chrissie
Post date 11/17/2019
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The man creates art everywhere, and I love it 🙂 This is what he came up with when we left him alone for a short time in Moab last summer: To see more of his work, check out his site on https://christopherpollockart.com/

Tags art, Christoper Pollock, Family, moab, Rock art, Rocks, thankful, thankful for, Utah

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Hikes with Family and Friends

Post author By Chrissie
Post date 11/14/2019
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Hikes are great. Friends are great. Family are great. Put them together? Perfection!

Tags Beach, Family, Friends, Jiminy Peak, Massachusetts, mountains, nature, New York, Photography, Pond, Southwick State Park, summer, Utah, winter

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Breathtaking Sunsets

Tags moab, nature, Needles District, Photography, Sunset, thankful, thankful for, Utah

2019 Utah Summer Family

Summer Summaries 2019

I love how Google photos digs through thousands of images and finds the perfect ones to highlight special events in small videos. Here are Google’s summaries of our late July/early August blessings: Team Meetup

Tags Children, Dogs, Family, grandchildren, moab, summer, Utah, weddings

2019 Utah Summer Family

Leapin’ Lizards!

Oh how my grand-dragon has grown!

Tags Animals, bearded dragon, lizard, pets, Utah

A Day with Logan
We saw neighbor Logan (10) on his porch as we came back from our morning walk. John asked him to come over to get Sunday School activity sheets we had printed for him. He asked to stay, ran home to get permission from his parents, and thus began a whole day with our special friend. […]
England 40 Years Ago — August 10, 1980
The week started out normally enough with Lisa going to her French lesson and Kate shopping with me. When we came home, we put John in the play pen and went back out to bring in the groceries. Kate didn’t realize I didn’t have my keys with me and shut the door. There we three […]
Earthquake!
We missed the North Carolina earthquake! I didn’t find neighbor Joyce’s text until we got home from church. She felt her house shake around 8 am, and that’s when we were getting our breakfast ready. My brother Bob felt it in Winston Salem, too. He wrote that it was 5.6 on the Richter scale, the […]
The Egg and the Angel
When returning from our morning walk, we chatted with Shawn and Bob as they sat on their front porch. They laughed as they pointed out an angel among their plants. When questioned, Logan (10) said he had nothing to do with it. If Logan was not the prankster, who was? Could it have been neighbor […]
Logan at the Pond
Neighbor Logan (10) stayed with us for a few hours, and I know he was pleased that, for once, David was not working. While grandson David and I finished our late breakfast, John did something with Logan having to do with a puzzle of the US. They may have reviewed capitols, but whatever they did, […]
England 40 years ago — August 3, 1980
August 3, 1980 The question was asked in a letter if we saw the moon. Funny, but so many things are different that it took me by surprise to think we see the moon the same! We’ve been to Anglican churches until today when we drove into Kent to go to a Lutheran one. It […]
Leftovers in the Neighborhood
Neighbors Shawn and Holly had a fun idea for a street party on Sunday. Early in the afternoon they suggested we bring leftovers to share, and the response was a resounding YES! We converged at the appointed time and began laying out our dishes on a long folding table on Shawn’s lawn. As soon as […]
Logan’s Exuberance
Neighbor Shawn had her hip replaced, and she was back home less than 24 hours after the surgery. I was stunned and thrilled that it was so very quick. Logan (10) stayed with us while Bob picked her up. We didn’t know exactly when things were happening, so we walked to the creek. That’s where […]
England 40 Years Ago — July 28, 1980
We are about to go out to McDonald’s! John treated us to Wimpy burgers last night, and it cost over $10!! That hurts. [It’s a matter of perspective. In 2007 I’d be thrilled to feed fast food to five people for only $10, and in 2020 I’d faint at the low price.] I wrote before […]
An Honorable Retirement
The gardening gloves were about two years old and still enthusiastic about working. In fact, they resisted retirement. They were permanently curved, ready to pull weeds at a moment’s notice. They chose to be among plants for their retirement photograph. We would have made a much better team if I had been more than a […]